"Since March, the Trump administration has said that it put nearly $6 billion on hold at nine universities. Three universities- Columbia, Penn and Brown-cut deals with the administration to restore the funding, while the University of California, Los Angeles, and Harvard got the money back via court orders. The fate of the remaining four freezes-at Duke, Cornell, Northwestern and Princeton Universities-remains uncertain."
"Princeton has seen about half of its frozen grants restored, President Christopher Eisgruber told the alumni magazine in late August. Roughly $200 million was put on hold initially. Eisgruber said Princeton never learned why the funds were frozen, beyond media reports that connected it to concerns over antisemitism on campus. A Princeton spokesperson confirmed the magazine's report but declined to share more details about the status of the remaining grants."
"At Northwestern, the Trump administration reportedly froze about $790 million in early April, though officials said at the time they never received formal notification about why the funds were put on hold. Since then, Northwestern officials have said they are working to restore the grants-a process that apparently hasn't gone smoothly. Northwestern University interim president Henry Bienen told The Daily Northwestern in an Oct. 17 interview that "a negotiation really requires two parties, at least, and at the present time, there's not been anybody on the other end of the line." As the freeze persists, Northwestern has said it will continue to support researchers' "essential funding needs" at least through the end of the calendar year."
Since March, the Trump administration put nearly $6 billion in research grants on hold at nine universities. Columbia, Penn and Brown reached deals to restore funding, while UCLA and Harvard regained funds through court orders. Duke, Cornell, Northwestern and Princeton remain uncertain. Princeton has recovered about half of its frozen grants from an initial roughly $200 million hold, but university officials say they never learned the administration's reasons beyond media links to antisemitism concerns. Northwestern reportedly had about $790 million frozen and received no formal explanation; interim president Henry Bienen said negotiations have lacked a counterpart. Northwestern will support essential researcher funding at least through year-end.
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